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• Hendrik Lunenborg, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• Dolores Dorothy Graczyk, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Frans Ringens, Kerkrade,, Limburg, Nederland († 2001)
• Fokke Eizes Alma, Harkema Opeinde († 2010)
• Daryle William Hilbrands, George, Lyon County, Iowa († 2022)
• Alexander Adriaan van de Wege, IJzendijke Nederland († 2008)
• Bernardus Policarpus Petrus Houtkamp, Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• G.C. Strooper, Callantsoog († 2014)
• Breunis van de Weerd, Ede († 1944)
• Helena Dytz Dachoff († 1996)

• Adriaantje Lokker (79), Stellendam, Nederland
• Aletta Elisabeth van Voorthuysen (72), Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Eleonora Alegonda Houdina Janssonius, Onderdendam (Bedum)
• Anthonia Besee (72), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Lambertus Nicolaas Goossens (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Wijker (53), Beverwijk, prov. Noord Holland
• Anna Stuiver (26), Heerenveen (Heerenveen), Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonia Besee (72), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna van der Hoek (94), Sneek
• Albert Dirk van Beek (1), Utrecht

• 1928 » Ernest Ashworth, American singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1928 » Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect († 2000)
• 1928 » Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator
• 1930 » Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer
• 1931 » Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet († 2015)
• 1932 » Jesse Belvin, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1960)
• 1932 » John Meurig Thomas, Welsh chemist and academic
• 1933 » Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1933 » Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist († 2001)
• 1933 » Tim Conway, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2019)

• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Petrus
8. Pieter
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
• March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on December 15, 1931 was between 2.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.